hopyes

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch hopjes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhop.jəs/, [ˈhop.jəs]
• Rhymes: -jəs
• Hyphenation: hop‧yês

Noun

hopyes (plural hopyes-hopyes, first-person possessive hopyesku, second-person possessive hopyesmu, third-person possessive hopyesnya)

1. (cooking) hopje: a type of Dutch sweets with a slight coffee and caramel flavour that originated in the 18th century.

Further reading

• “hopyes” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.